A wealthy rais (a head of local administration in Tadzhikistan) builds his toilet right next to the house of a teacher in the village. "The aromas" of the toilet disturb the life of the teacher’s family; it is very upsetting for them. But the rais is also a new Tadzhik ("new money") and ignores the complaints. Moreover, every time he visits the toilet, he shamelessly stares at ...
From the shadows of the majestic Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan comes a story of Azam, a shepherd and Buzkashi champion, who faces the pressures of modernization in the sport and in his own personal life. Azam plays as an individual for honor and integrity, but his success is increasingly thwarted by organized alliances, or "mafias", encouraged by his rival Khurshed, a member of...
Nilufar, a girl living downtown, is about to marry a man living uptown. But one day, soldiers come and plant barbed wire to separate the two towns. The life of the people, who have thus far enjoyed peace, now falls into severe chaos. Students must take classes with barbed wire in the middle of the classroom, and it becomes difficult to go to the hospital. However, the biggest p...
An exploration of the changes in the Soviet Union. Includes footage of the failed coup against Gorbachev. While making this film the director, Yuris Podnieks, was arrested, beaten and had his camera confisticated.
In 1987, Juris Podnieks and his team began a series of films describing the inevitable changes in the Soviet Union during the Perestroika era. Podnieks went to the ra...
The Legend of Rostam and Sohrab: A milestone in Tajik Cinema History influenced by Persian Mythology photocomposition
Born in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) to a Jewish family, Bension (Boris) Arievich Kimyagarov was to move to Tajikistan's capital Duchanbeh where he grew up and upon adulthood chose to become a teacher. However his love of Poetry and particularly the works of Persia's ...
Tajikistan has been the poorest of the former Soviet States but it also has the poorest state of roads with limited external transportation links and with infrastructure weaknesses, which hinder development. Tajikistan shares land borders with Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, Afghanistan and China.
A connection to China has been the hope and expectation for a prosperous development for T...
In 1993. Tajikistan, Kahhor pins all of his hopes on his second son, who studies vocal music in Moscow. Sending money to him and listening to him singing over the phone is his joy in life. Kahhor works at a suburban factory with Mannon, a friend closer than his family, and together they sing at weddings part-time. Although Kahhor lives in poverty, he once was a promising singer...
安瓦尔是一位单亲爸爸,为扶养儿子沙哈泽德,他可以倾其所有。
若米斯居住在杜尚别,生活十分艰苦,但他是个非常容易相处的人。若米斯发现自己患有心脏病,仅剩下几个月而已。在命运的驱使下,若米斯杀死沙哈泽德。
儿子死后,安瓦尔的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化,但人生总是会充满不可思议。安瓦尔很快发现沙哈泽德的心脏被移植给了若米斯,他让自己相信他的儿子的一部分还活着,并且相信儿子可以通过若米斯继续活在世上。若米斯开始不由自主地亲近安瓦尔,不知道是因为心脏的原因还是因为他从小是个孤儿,从未感受过父爱。他逃过了死亡,但是他逃不过因为过去所作所为产生的负罪感。
二十岁的年轻人Kamal结婚已经几个月了,但夫妻生活却一直没能达到完美和谐。Kamal在性方面有障碍,他的妻子结婚后依然还是处子之身。于是Kamal去看医生,可医生确诊Kamal生理上并没有任何问题。
Kamal来到城里找其他女人,希望能占有她们的肉体,但即使城里面有无数的美女,Kamal却一次机会也没有碰上。直到他经历了在公交车上的一次奇遇……
19岁的卡莫欧Kamal(凯思德·哥里伯克乌饰)走进医生的办公室,脱光了衣服,赤裸着躺下。卡莫欧与她的妻子已经结婚三个月了,他始终没有性能力,家庭生活也因此变得十分不和谐,他每次回家前都有很大压力,希望能发生什么改变,但是却一直都没有。卡莫欧又去城里看了医生,确定自己心理上没有任何问题,他怀疑自己和妻子是否不能来电。卡莫欧便一个人来到了大城市中,想在这里找到喜欢的女人,希望能与她们交媾。大城市果然与乡村不同...
An unrepentant prodigal son straight out of a Russian jail returns to his hometown, Asht, to help his mother die with dignity. But his debts in his hometown are many and long overdue, the townspeople are tough as nails, and he soon gets more than he expected from the quiet village. In this dark comedy, his third feature, writer-director Jamshed Usmonov cast the population of As...
对于少女马拉卡(楚潘·哈玛托娃 Chulpan Khamatova 饰)来说,看戏是生活里最让她感到愉快的事情。一天晚上,昏迷的马拉卡被人强暴,事后,怀孕的她企图进行流产手术,却意外的遇到了重重的困难。为了保全家族的颜面,马拉卡和父亲开始了寻找腹中孩子之父的旅程,他们来到了专门搭载演员的飞机上,但他们要找的那个人却并不在那里。
一次偶然中,马拉卡认识了医生安利(米勒·尼尼兹 Merab Ninidze 饰),情投意合的两人决定结婚,没想到,婚礼上发生了匪夷所思的意外,父亲和安利在意外中死去,马拉卡成为了孤家寡人。一个飞行员出现在了马拉卡的面前,他就是意外的罪魁祸首,却也是马拉卡腹中之子真正的父亲,在悲痛和愤怒之中,马拉卡举起了枪。
Undisturbed by the gunshots in the background and the corpse floating by on the muddy river, a motley group of men are gambling with their money as if there's no tomorrow. When Donai has no bills left, he wagers all of his possessions and valuables but loses them to Ibragim, who is not too thrilled about this turn of events. After all, the meager belongings in Donai's apartment...